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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Memphis, TN

June 14, 1998Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 10:50 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1998, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 11:25 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 11:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindAberdeen, MSSeveral large tree limbs were blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
848 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0410 PM    CORNING                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   CLAY                           ROOF OFF OF BUILDING AND
                                          TREES DOWN

0518 PM    WARDELL                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   PEMISCOT

0550 PM    HAYTI                     MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   PEMISCOT                       TREES DOWN 6 MILES NORTH
                                          OF HAYTI

0552 PM    TIPTONVILLE               TN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   LAKE

0620 PM    RIVES                     TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   OBION

0640 PM    SHARON                    TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WEAKLEY

0735 PM    HENRY                     TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   HENRY

0825 PM    DRESDEN                   TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WEAKLEY

0840 PM    PARIS                     TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   HENRY                          TREES DOWN
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
848 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0410 PM    CORNING                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   CLAY                           ROOF OFF OF BUILDING AND
                                          TREES DOWN

0518 PM    WARDELL                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   PEMISCOT

0550 PM    HAYTI                     MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   PEMISCOT                       TREES DOWN 6 MILES NORTH
                                          OF HAYTI

0552 PM    TIPTONVILLE               TN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   LAKE

0620 PM    RIVES                     TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   OBION

0640 PM    SHARON                    TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WEAKLEY

0735 PM    HENRY                     TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   HENRY

0825 PM    DRESDEN                   TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WEAKLEY

0840 PM    PARIS                     TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   HENRY                          TREES DOWN
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
855 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0410 PM    CORNING                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   CLAY                           ROOF OFF OF BUILDING AND
                                          TREES DOWN

0518 PM    WARDELL                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   PEMISCOT

0550 PM    HAYTI                     MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   PEMISCOT                       TREES DOWN 6 MILES NORTH
                                          OF HAYTI

0550 PM    HAYTI                     MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   PEMISCOT                       ROOF OFF TRAILER

0550 PM    HAYTI                     MO   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   PEMISCOT

0552 PM    TIPTONVILLE               TN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   LAKE

0620 PM    RIVES                     TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   OBION

0640 PM    SHARON                    TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WEAKLEY

0735 PM    HENRY                     TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   HENRY

0825 PM    DRESDEN                   TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WEAKLEY

0840 PM    PARIS                     TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   HENRY                          TREES DOWN
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
855 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0410 PM    CORNING                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   CLAY                           ROOF OFF OF BUILDING AND
                                          TREES DOWN

0518 PM    WARDELL                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   PEMISCOT

0550 PM    HAYTI                     MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   PEMISCOT                       TREES DOWN 6 MILES NORTH
                                          OF HAYTI

0550 PM    HAYTI                     MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   PEMISCOT                       ROOF OFF TRAILER

0550 PM    HAYTI                     MO   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   PEMISCOT

0552 PM    TIPTONVILLE               TN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   LAKE

0620 PM    RIVES                     TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   OBION

0640 PM    SHARON                    TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WEAKLEY

0735 PM    HENRY                     TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   HENRY

0825 PM    DRESDEN                   TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WEAKLEY

0840 PM    PARIS                     TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   HENRY                          TREES DOWN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry49 min
Jun 14, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley48 min
Jun 14, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry48 min
Jun 14, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry34 min
Jun 14, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHenry, Weakley2 hr
Jun 14, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGObion2 hr
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun45 min
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.